 | Bartholomew Price - Calculus - 1868 - 736 pages
...Pcos0, Y = psintf; (22) Pa = x2 + Y2. (23) Hence the resolved part of a force along any line is equal to the product of the force and the cosine of the angle between the given line and the action-line of the given force. This theorem is most important, and is very frequently... | |
 | John Christie Douglas - Telegraph - 1875 - 460 pages
...force into two rectangular components — ie, the effective component of a force in any direction is the product of the force, and the cosine of the angle between its direction and the direction of the required component. A force is resolved into three rectangular... | |
 | American School (Lansing, Ill.) - Civil engineering - 1909 - 476 pages
...rectangular component of F ^^\ that force. Thus F' and F" j are rectangular components -i ofF. PJ jj The foregoing equations show that the rectangular...makes an angle of 22 degrees with the horizontal. What i& the value of its component along the horizontal ? * Since cos 22° = 0.927, the value of the component... | |
 | 1912 - 514 pages
...rectangular component of that force. Thus F and F" are rectangular components UTC" A*^ » £ ofF. PJ tl The foregoing equations show that the rectangular...makes an angle of 22 degrees with the horizontal. AVhat is the value of its component along the horizontal ? * Since cos 22° = 0.927, the value of the... | |
 | J. E. Akin - Finite element method - 1994 - 566 pages
...the work done by a force is the product of the force, the displacement at the point of application of the force, and the cosine of the angle between the force and the displacement. Here the forces are all parallel so the cosine is either plus or minus one. Evaluating... | |
 | Jean Littlewood, John Hebborn, Fred Norton - Science - 2000 - 190 pages
...resolutes of a force: • The component of a force in any direction is the product of the magnitude of the force and the cosine of the angle between the force and the required direction. Notice in particular that the component of a force in a direction perpendicular... | |
 | J. E. Akin - Technology & Engineering - 2005 - 512 pages
...The work done by a force is the product of the force, the displacement at the point of application of the force, and the cosine of the angle between the force and the displacement. Here the forces are all parallel so the cosine is either plus or minus one. Evaluating... | |
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The foregoing equations show that the rectangular component of a force along any line equals the product of the force and the cosine of the angle between the force and the line. They show also that the rectangular component of a force along its own line... 